Oooh - maths teaching and knitting combined...
One of my colleagues passed over a worksheet he was preparing to give to a class – those of us teaching Decision Maths (not actually the exam board we use, but close enough) have reached the stage where we are introducing the idea of algorithms, and how to follow them. Anyway – Ray had put together this sheet, which included the following algorithm:
Step 1: Cast on 11 stitches
Step 2: Slip one
Step 3: Knit 1, Purl 1
Step 4: If there is more than 1 stitch remaining go to Step 3
Step 5: Knit 1
Step 6: Turn
Step 7: Go to Step 2
He was quite impressed when I explained that that would produce a rib (I did check that it wasn’t going to be moss/seed stitch!) Little did he realise that he’d just passed a knitting algorithm to the department knittaholic! I’m a little concerned with the algorithm above though – I don’t see that it can ever finish – it looks like a pattern for an infinitely long skinny scarf to me…
two comments:
Well you know what’s happened next week when you go in to and the whole dept/that class are all wearing incredibly long skinny scarves (or one very very long one wrapped round all of them?!)Daisy () (link) - 08 December '05 - 21:56
Yippee! I’ve finally worked out how to add a comment! Anne – I love your blog and thank you for your comments on mine (please do feel free to tell others about mine as I feel ready to be read now)!!As you know, I absolutely share your views regarding Remembrance Sunday. Unfortunately, it’s yet another “church event” at which I make up my own rules, and remember my grandma (who was lonely without her husband), mum’s cousin who went missing presumed dead and so on… Yes – it’s interesting to think about how frequently I find myself not thinking what I probably should be thinking at church!!
Ruth D. - 13 December '05 - 18:07
